2019-07-02

README file for: 

Mauerer, Ingrid, 2019, Replication Code and Data for: �The Neglected Role and Variability of Party Intercepts in the Spatial Valence Approach�.


Contents: 

This readme file contains a description of the replication process and materials for the above-mentioned paper. Please refer to the paper and the supplementary materials for further details. All models were estimated with LIMDEP/NLOGIT 5 (William H. Greene).


- Data: Election_Data.lpj
This data set contains all variables used in Section 4 �Empirical Illustration�. The supplementary materials contain a detailed description of the data and the operationalization (Section A).  

- Election_Data_Command_File.lim
This file contains the commands to run the models in LIMDEP/NLOGIT 5. Users are advised to set up a single folder as their working directory and assign the file path for this working directory to the object.

- Election_Data_Output_File.lim
This file contains the outputs for the command file "Election_Data_Command_File". 
